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    "id": 50440,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/50440/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Waititu",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Water and Irrigation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 147,
        "legal_name": "Ferdinand Ndung'u Waititu",
        "slug": "ferdinand-waititu"
    },
    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Since the inception of the rehabilitation of Ng’ethu Water Treatment Works in Gatundu North, five people have died. The deaths of the five people occurred on 21st June 2010. The five people died when a stretch that was being excavated caved in burying them alive in the trench. (b) I am not aware of people drowning in Ng’ethu Sub-location as a result of releases from Ng’ethu Water Treatment Works. However, I am aware that two people have been reported to have drowned in the pool discharging water from Ng’ethu Water Treatment Works back to the river. It is not known how the two people found themselves in the pool and the matter is under police investigation. During water production, a mixture of sledge and waltz water is produced due to segmentation and filter cleaning processes. For Ng’ethu Treatment Works, the sledge that is produced is diverted to the pool for resettlement purposes. From the pool, the water flows through the channel to Geita Valley and back to Chania River. The pool and the channel are fenced off with mesh wire and vandals have, on several occasions, destroyed the mesh wire, exposing the residents to risk. In a bid to enhance the safety of the residents, Nairobi Water Company in collaboration with the local residents and the Provincial Administration, have held meetings to sensitive the local residents on the importance of the water discharge, the mesh wire fence and urged them not to vandalize the facility. (c) Nairobi Water Company has plans to rehabilitated the wire at a cost of Kshs1 million."
}